The Living
Nervous System:

Brain, Body, and the Spiritual Science of Trauma

A two-day immersive course exploring nervous system regulation, fascia, and embodied trauma integration through an anthroposophical lens.

MARCH 28 and 29, 2026

Hotel Victoria, Toronto
10:00 - 6:00 pm

Reserve Your Spot

This is a two-day, in-person, experiential training from 10 AM to 6 PM each day.

Participants can expect:

  • Hands-on experiential learning

  • Brain-focused release techniques

  • Fascial and body integration practices

  • Interactive discussion and inquiry

  • Professional-level education grounded in over 30 years of clinical experience, taught by a psychotherapist, osteopath, and physiotherapist, specialized in anthroposophy

This training combines brain-focused release, fascia work, and embodied nervous system techniques for clinical integration.

Reserve Your Spot

Many approaches to nervous system regulation focus on vagus nerve resets or generalized calming techniques. While helpful, something essential is often overlooked: the areas of the brain where trauma and memory are first encoded, and how these patterns are held and expressed through the fascial system.

You may be working with clients who continue to feel stuck despite therapy, bodywork, breathwork, or regulation tools. Or perhaps you have experienced this yourself. This training explores the deeper connection between psyche, brain, fascia, and the nervous system so you can understand where trauma lives in the body and how to support safe, meaningful, embodied release.

What You’ll Learn

  • Release tension from key brain regions, including the prefrontal cortex, midbrain, and deeper trauma-holding centers

  • Work with the fascial system to access and safely release stored trauma patterns

  • Support parasympathetic regulation and help expand clients’ window of tolerance

  • Understand how thoughts, emotions, and memory are organized through the tissues of the body

  • Integrate brain, body, and nervous system for greater coherence and resilience

  • Apply brain-focused release techniques within your professional practice

  • Deepen your understanding of psychosomatic patterns and embodied trauma

  • Experience somatic integration rather than intellectual understanding alone

When Regulation Techniques Are Not Enough

Who It’s For

 For Practitioners Ready to Go Deeper

  • Manual Osteopaths, Chiropractors and Bodyworkers

    You work with fascia and structure, and want to understand how trauma patterns organize through tissue

  • Psychotherapists and Counsellors

    You understand trauma cognitively and want somatic tools to support embodied integration

  • Craniosacral Therapists:

    You work with subtle systems and want deeper, brain-based context

  • Functional Medicine Practitioners:

    You see nervous system dysregulation, but want practical hands-on approaches

  • Somatic Therapists

    You want to refine your understanding of how brain regions and fascia interact

  • Integrative Practitioners

    You’re seeking trauma-informed integration beyond basic vagal tools, including those exploring anthroposophic or psychosomatic frameworks.

Enroll in March Cohort

  • This workshop integrates brain region-specific release, fascial patterns, and anthroposophical spiritual science. It moves beyond general vagal resets into deeper trauma encoding and embodied integration.

  • Yes. This is an experiential workshop with guided practice and somatic techniques.

  • No formal prerequisites. However, this workshop is designed for practitioners and professionals working with the nervous system, trauma, or body-based therapies.

  • Yes. A certificate of completion will be provided.

About Your Facilitator

Elias Abdel Ahad, Manual Osteopath & Holistic Therapist

Elias Abdel Ahad is a manual osteopath and holistic therapist with over 30 years of international clinical experience. Originally from Lebanon, he has pursued extensive training in Physiotherapy, Osteopathy, Functional Medicine, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Reiki, Relational Psychosomatic Therapy, and Anthroposophic Psychology. He is among only four practitioners in Canada with advanced training in Anthroposophic Therapy, reflecting his specialization in integrating body, spirit, and mind for deep trauma recovery and psychosomatic awareness.

Elias co-founded the Psychosomatic Trauma Initiative (PSTI) in Toronto, a pioneering clinic dedicated to trauma-informed care, and has facilitated professional workshops across Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. He is a board member and a lecturer at the National Academy of Osteopathy in Toronto, where he teaches his method, SomaSofia, and serves as a guest speaker at the University of Toronto. His work focuses on helping clients release deep trauma patterns and reconnect with resilience. 

Elias is also a member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) and the National Manual Osteopathic Society (NMOS).

Ready to Deepen Your Trauma Integration Work?

Join Elias Abdel Ahad for a two-day immersive training exploring brain-focused release, fascia work, and embodied nervous system integration through an anthroposophical lens.

Prerequisite

None. This course is open to practitioners and professionals seeking deeper trauma integration tools.

Content Delivery

In person at Hotel Victoria, 56 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M5E 1G5

PAYMENT METHODS

$1,888.00

Date: March 28 + 29, 2026
Time: 10am - 6pm
Location: Hotel Victoria, 56 Yonge St, Downtown Toronto


About This Course

A two-day professional training combining brain-focused release techniques, fascia-based trauma work, psychosomatic integration, and embodied nervous system practices.

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